The Blot (1921)
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42% of users liked it
(57 ratings)
Lois Weber was generally championing something or someone in her films; this time around it's underpaid white-collar workers. Professor Griggs (Phillip Hubbard) can barely afford to support his wife (Margaret McWade) and daughter, Amelia (Claire Windsor). Amelia works at a library and she has… More Lois Weber was generally championing something or someone in her films; this time around it's underpaid white-collar workers. Professor Griggs (Phillip Hubbard) can barely afford to support his wife (Margaret McWade) and daughter, Amelia (Claire Windsor). Amelia works at a library and she has three suitors -- carefree college boy Phil West (Louis Calhern), the boy next door whose father is a well-to-do shoemaker, and a poor minister. When Amelia is taken ill, the doctor advises her mother that she must have nourishing food. Since this is beyond what she can afford, Mrs. Griggs steals a chicken from her next-door neighbor. Because of the theft, Amelia returns to work early so that she can pay for the bird. Although West is loved by a girl of his own social station (Marie Walcamp), he prefers Amelia. She refuses to encourage him until he changes his frivolous ways. Not only does he decide to settle down, he also convinces his father, who is on the college board of trustees, to give Amelia's father a raise. Eventually the couple unite. ~ Janiss Garza, Rovi
- Directed By
- Lois Weber, Phillips Smalley
- Genres
- Drama, Classics
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Jan 1, 1921 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Michael E. Grost, Classic Film and Television
Vivid look at income inequality and ordinary people struggling to get by, in a society where only the rich make a decent living.
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Connected with the mostly middle-class audience who identified with the heroine.
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Cast
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Phillip Hubbard
as Prof. Griggs
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Margaret McWade
as Mrs. Griggs
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Claire Windsor
as Amelia Griggs
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Louis Calhern
as Phil West
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Marie Walcamp
as Juanita The Other Girl
- Philip Hubbard
